The Presidential Library: New acquisitions

The Presidential Library collection Russia - Uzbekistan: from the history of the relationship has been enriched with materials provided by the Russian State Library, the Library of Congress, the Russian State Historical Archives, the State Public Historical Library, the Children's Museum of postcards.

Presented studies, essays, archival documents and photographs introduce with the geography, history administrative structure, cultural and economic development of individual cities and regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan, mainly during their tenure in the Russian Empire.

Systematic and holistic view of the vast Central Asian Russian territory is given in the textbook of the teacher of the Municipal School Turkestan region Nicholas Valeryanovich Ostroumov Geography of the Turkestan region: with a summary of the khanates of Bukhara, Khiva and the Trans-Caspian region (Samarkand, 1891). The publication contains information about orography and hydrography of the Turkestan region, the climate and its impact on the health of people in the region, about agriculture, fisheries and crafts, trade and means of communication, an administrative division of the territory, of Russian colonization in Central Asia, in addition explains Bukhara and Khiva Khanate and the Trans-Caspian region. A map of the tutorial Turkestan region is included. The title page of the publication contains the inscription of the author.

K. I. Ignatiev in the book Samarkand district: a brief description of districts and counties (Samarkand, 1926) provides a complete analysis of modern economic life of the projected areas covered economic opportunities of an area, outlined the possible prospects of national economic life.

The National statistical characteristics of the Turkestan region is contained in the edition The population of Samarkand region, its population, ethnographic composition and spatial distribution (based on the agricultural census of 1917, supplemented by other sources) with the ethnographic map (L., 1926).

Bukhara

Ethnographic essay of N. A. Friedrich Bukhara (St-P., 1910) introduces the geographical location and nature of the region, with the features of life of the population, agriculture, industry, crafts and trade, with the major cities, religion and public education Bukhara Khanate.

The book by P. S. Saveliev Bukhara in 1835 (St. Petersburg., 1836) describes the location of the capital city of Bukhara, topography, architecture (houses, palaces, mosques, schools, baths); describes the population, trade routes through Bukhara in different countries of the European travelers visiting the city.

Emir of Bukhara. Bukhara. Photo by S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky. [Between 1905-1915].

Kokand

On the establishment of the customs in the cities of Samarkand and Kokand and other changes in the customs of the device in Central Asia [Case]: April 11 - December 10, 1901 44 p.

Kokand. Khan's Palace [card]. [Between 1909 and 1914].

Tashkent

The Collection of the binding decisions of the Tashkent City Council (Tashkent, 1894) contains the decision about the device sidewalks, on establishments of tavern, fishing measures to prevent and combat, device forges, production cars of fishing and other acts relating to everything the city and health.

On approval of the construction cost of the work and the delivery and supply of funds for the expansion of art. Tashkent Tashkent railway. d. Aug. 7. 1908. 21 p.

Project of tram traffic in the city of Tashkent. (the Belgian Anonymous Company Trams in Tashkent). 1897-1898. [Case]. 53 p. A project of bridges and bridges, project lighting lines and trams.

Tashkent. Art Museum [card]. [1920].

Fergana

Statements about the price of bread and other. Agricultural products on the markets of the Fergana region. 1906 5 p.

Khiva

About the ancient town in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya, the pearl of the Khorezm oasis, a long time is one of the main centers of the Great Silk Road, is told in the book of S. V. Rusov Journey from Orenburg to Khiva of the Samara merchant Rukavkin, in 1753, with the initiation of various news about Khiva from remote times until now (St-P., 1840). Much attention in the book is paid to the description of the geographical location of the city and residents, describing the different roads from Orenburg to the cities of Bukhara and Khiva.

The case of the review by the Department of Manufactures and Internal Trade Ministry of Finance, notes of the Orenburg military governor V. A. Perovsky describing the Khanate of Khiva, sent from the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. September 19, 1838 - October 2, 1841 [Case]. 85 p. It also contains correspondence with the Department of Mining and Salt Affairs Ministry of Finance and other things.

Isfandiyar Khan, Russian protectorate of Khorezm (Khiva), in uniform, sitting on a chair outdoors (portrait full-length). Ph.by  S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky. [Between 1905-1915].

The preparation of new materials will be continued.